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NFIRS 5.0 Module ‘Wildland Fire’

Description : Provides report data instead of a fire module for a wildland fire.

Wildland Fire Transactions

  • Wildland Fire – ‘Provides details specific to a Wildland Fire Incident’- Mandatory, 1 only

Wildland Fire Blocks

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Wildland Fire’ transaction.
Block  Elements 
A Fire Department ID — Fire Department State — Incident (Alarm) Date — Incident Number (Identifier) — Exposure Number — Record Type/Transaction Code — Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)
B Latitude — Longitude — Township — Township Direction – North/South — Range — Range Direction – East/West — Section — Subsection — Meridian
C Area Type
D1 Wildland Fire Cause
D2 Human Factors Contributing
D3 Factors Contributing To Ignition
D4 Fire Suppression Factors
E Heat Source
F Mobile Property Type
G Equipment Involved In Ignition
H NFDRS Weather Station ID — Weather Type — Wind Direction — Wind Speed — Air Temperature — Relative Humidity — Fuel Moisture — Fire Danger Rating
I1 Number of Buildings Ignited
I2 Number of Buildings Threatened
I3 Total Acres Burned
I4 Primary Crop Burned #1 — Primary Crop Burned #2 — Primary Crop Burned #3
J Undetermined Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Tax Paying Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Non-Tax Paying Acres Burned Percentage (%) — City Town Village Local Acres Burned Percentage (%) — County or Parish Acres Burned Percentage (%) — State or Province Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Federal Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Foreign Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Military Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Other Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Property Management Ownership — Federal Agency Code
K NFDRS Fuel Model At Origin
L1 Person Responsible For Fire
L2 Gender
L3 Person Age
L4 Activity of Person
M Horizontal Distance From Right Of Way — Type of Right of Way
N Elevation — Relative Position on Slope — Aspect — Flame Length — Rate of Spread

Need more NFIRS help?

Here are some other useful ressources to learn more about NFIRS.

NFIRS Codes Cheat Sheet – NFIRS Coding – NFIRS Examples – FDIDs – POCs – NFIRS Transactions – NFIRS Modules – NFIRS Elements – NFIRS Rules – NFIRS Reference – NFIRS Compliant ?

You can also read this NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide, and NFIRS 5.0 Design Documentation in order to have a deeper understanding of NFIRS 5.0. Here are also NFIRS 5.0 Forms ready for you to download and use.

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Last Updated on May 11, 2023